Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D.
Nickname	Estu, Los del Ramiro, Dementes
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	April 1948 (April 1948)
History	Ramiro de Maeztu (1948) CB Estudiantes (1948–present)
Arena	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Capacity	17,500
Location	Madrid, Spain
Team colors	Light Blue, Black, White
President	Ignacio Triana
Head coach	Pedro Rivero
Team captain	Adams Sola
Championships	3 King's Cup 2 Princess' Cup
Website	www.movistarestudiantes.com
Home Away Third

Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D.,^[1] known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain.

Some of its achievements include winning three Spanish Cups and reaching the ACB Finals in 2004. The club is also particularly famous for its renowned youth programme that has produced many Spanish talents over the years such as Alberto Herreros, Nacho Azofra, Aíto García Reneses, Alfonso Reyes, Felipe Reyes, Carlos Jiménez, Iñaki de Miguel, Pepu Hernández or Juancho Hernangómez.

Sponsorship naming

Along the years CB Estudiantes has had several sponsorship names:

History

Logo of the 60th anniversary.

The club was founded in 1948 by a group of students (the "Estudiantes") of a public preparatory school (the Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, IRM) in Madrid.

By the time when the first Spanish-wide season-long championship was organized in 1955, by the Spanish Basketball Association (FEB), it was one of the six clubs participating in that tournament, as the second best team from the Province of Madrid (the first being Real Madrid. Until 2021, it had always participated in the premier Spanish basketball league along with Real Madrid and Joventut. It was also one of two only Spanish basketball clubs with teams both at the top male and female Spanish championships.

In May 2012, Estudiantes was relegated for the first time in its history from the top tier of Spanish basketball, but remained in the league because LEB Oro champion CB 1939 Canarias didn't present the required documentation and money.^[2]

Home arenas

Polideportivo Antonio Magariños, where currently play the women's and the youth teams of the club.

• La Nevera (The IRM Arena): (1948–71)
• Polideportivo Antonio Magariños: (1971–87)
• Palacio Vistalegre: (2001–2005)
• Madrid Arena: (2005–2010)
• Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid: (1987–2001, 2010–present)^[3]

Rivalries

Estudiantes has a rivalry with Real Madrid. Both teams meet in the Madrid basketball derby.

Players

Estudiantes time out during a game versus Pamesa Valencia in November 2005.

2010–11 season players (from left to right): Nik Caner-Medley, Jiří Welsch, Albert Oliver, Germán Gabriel, Sergio Sánchez, Josh Asselin, Marc Blanch, Yannick Driesen, Jayson Granger, Daniel Clark, Tyrone Ellis, Hernán "Pancho" Jasen, Jaime Fernández.

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

CB Estudiantes roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 1 Dee, Johnny 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1992-11-04)4 November 1992 PG 2 Wintering, Alec 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 28 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995 C 3 Nzosa, Yannick 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2003-11-15)15 November 2003 SF 4 Rodríguez, Sergio 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-10-18)18 October 1993 SF 5 Sola, Adams (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2000-07-27)27 July 2000 SG 6 Giovanetti, Lucas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2005-06-14)14 June 2005 PF 8 López, Hugo 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2003-07-05)5 July 2003 PG 9 Ferrando, Guillem 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (2002-01-08)8 January 2002 SG 10 Alonso, Francis 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1996-05-25)25 May 1996 SF 11 Murphy, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 C 13 Larsen, Kevin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993 SG 17 Robles, Pedro 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 17 – (2006-05-24)24 May 2006 PF 24 Carrera, Michael 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1993-01-07)7 January 1993 PF 43 Suárez, Carlos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 37 – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 PG 44 Leimanis, Toms 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1994-08-07)7 August 1994	Head coach Pedro Rivero Assistant coach(es) Alberto Lorenzo Alberto Antuña Team manager Javier Cabrerizo Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Head coach

Presidents

Season by season

Honours

Women's team

CB Estudiantes has also a women's team which was founded in 1989 and played during several seasons in Liga Femenina, the Spanish women's basketball top tier.^[4] It currently plays in Liga Femenina.

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)